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The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
This category represents Japanese texts written in the Edo period (1603-1867). It marks the end of what is known as "classical literature". ... 17th-century Japanese ...
History of Japan Category:Edo period 1603-1868 Succeeded by:Meiji period Category:Empire of Japan ... Edo period in literature (1 C, 7 P) P. People of Edo-period ...
Literature during this time was written during the largely peaceful Tokugawa shogunate (commonly referred to as the Edo period). Due in large part to the rise of the working and middle classes in the new capital of Edo (modern Tokyo), forms of popular drama developed which would later evolve into kabuki.
Pages in category "Japanese writers of the Edo period" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Otogi-zōshi is a general term for narrative literature written between the Muromachi period (approximately 1336–1573) and the beginning of the Edo period (1603–1867). [1]
Hokusai, perhaps Japan's most famous woodblock print artist, also illustrated fiction as well as his famous 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Many genres of literature made their début during the Edo Period, helped by a rising literacy rate among the growing population of townspeople, as well as the development of lending libraries.
The cultural developments of the times, including kabuki, bunraku, and ukiyo-e, and practices like sankin kōtai and pilgrimages to the Ise Shrine, feature in many works set in Edo Japan. Many popular works written during or following the Edo period were also set during the same period. Kabuki plays in contemporary settings were known as sewamono.